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In a dystopian Switzerland under the rule of a fascist cheese magnate, Heidi lives a simple life in the mountains protected by her grandfather. Her longing for personal freedom leads to her abduction by brutal government storm troopers, sparking a revolution.
Recently disgraced and desperate for a story, a young journalist holes herself up in her parents’ luxurious home and gets to work on the only job she can get - hosting a clickbait investigative podcast. Then she discovers a strange artefact and begins to convince herself it is evidence of an alien conspiracy.
A documentary following a college student’s search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
An epic comedy about journalism.
When his girlfriend is swamped with college exams, a rowdy pro-wrestler struggling to make ends meet agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement for her well-paying babysitting job. Tom arrives at an isolated family home where he meets the precocious 10-year-old Grace. But what starts off as a quiet night of pizza and video games quickly spirals into bloody, violent, demonic chaos.
When universal basic income (UBI) comes to the Kenyan village of Kogutu, lives are forever changed.
During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.
A desperate young mother who has just filed divorce papers on her abusive husband is forced to take a job as the night shift janitor at a large furniture factory. She is told that she will be the only one working at this time, but after seeing a strange vehicle idling in the parking lot and finding a door to the factory ajar, she gets the feeling she might not be alone after all.
Documentary examining 2-tone bands.
1975, Rosenkreuz Manor. Sigrun Fink, desperate for information about her biological family, starts a new position as nurse to the aging, ill and eccentric Baroness Heidenreich. For a shared longing binds them together: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to Sigrun's true identity; the nurse’s lifeforce holds the key to the future for the Baroness.
A graduation weekend away goes drastically wrong when a masked killer shows up.
A documentary which looks back at the life of Cassius Clay as he underwent his spiritual transformation, as well as examining the evolution of his amazing boxing skills.
A man is hired to be the official purveyor of bad news in a small town repeatedly struck by misfortune.
In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
Amaia has just given birth to her first daughter. She would prefer not to give up her career as a translator, but it’s not easy to balance it with her family and looking after a young child. When her partner goes away on business for seven weeks, the young woman capitulates and goes to stay with her parents in the countryside.
An up-and-coming district attorney takes on the case of a young woman who has accused three men of sexual assault.
In a near future Japan, over-75s are offered a payment to encourage them to accept an assisted death.
A pianist returns to his home town, where he finds a new kebab bar in town, which begins to generate friction between the employees and local youths.
A road movie which draws from the archives of artist Audrey Amiss.
A socially inept 17-year old cinephile gets a job at a video store where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
A documentary about the life of artist Mary Cassatt and her paintings, pastels and prints.
A documentary about car clamping, an antique shop, an extortion scandal and a mystery man who might be a prince.
When world-famous photographer Thomas Hoepker was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, he and his wife decided to take a road trip across the US, his home for 40 years.
The unlikely story of a Glaswegian visual artist, Stephen Skrynka, and his dangerous life-long obsession with riding the 'Wall of Death', the traditional fairground motorbike attraction.
A time-traveling tale of a woman living in the Peninsular Malaysian east coast who gets entangled with a man in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
A Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Nineties Canada, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.
A young woman returns to her native mountain village, searching for answers about her troubled childhood, but as she tries to uncover the truth, ancient superstitions lead the villagers to accuse her of witchcraft and murder.
A Ukranian immigrant faces racism as she seeks justice.
Film based on the true stories of Portuguese migrants who travel to Great Yarmouth, pre-Brexit, to work in turkey factories.
An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first manned space flight as an amateur. But to realise his dream, he must learn to share it.
In a small Danish town, we meet two generations of women. 61-year-old Solvej and the 17-year-old, Kate. Their meeting kickstarts an unlikely friendship, as the wounds of the past are revealed and the seeds of hope are sown.
A chronicle of the last year of high school as two friends set out to make the ultimate senior video.
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins.
The story of Cian, a footballer who gets attacked on a night out. He will struggle to come to terms with his career-ending injury.
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Modelo Prison. Barcelona, 1977. A young accountant awaiting trial for embezzlement, joins forces with his cellmate and a collective fighting for the rights of ordinary prisoners.
A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper.
French couple Antoine and Olga moved to a little village in the Galician countryside some time ago. There they live a quiet life, although their relations with the locals are not as idyllic as they would like them to be. A conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, will see tension rise in the village to the point of no return.
The story of a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When she realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mother, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips their family and close-knit community apart.
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte.
An adult woman puts herself up for adoption and forms a bond with the misanthropic patriarch of her adoptive family. Based on a true story.
An imaginary Alfred Hitchcock rewatches his own films and makes observations on how they fit into today's world.
Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of Johnny, a sickly, mute child. As his behaviour grows violent, she begins to experience hallucinations.
A fashion designer is suffering from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband, until help arrives in the form of a Filipina carer, who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
An intimate portrait of a chronically ill man who ascribes his symptoms to electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome.
Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, this film documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles - and how an intrepid group of people living with HIV/AIDS, doctors, movie stars, studio moguls and activists changed the course of the epidemic.
An author who made a career by examining her own trauma sits down to interview her nephew for a new book about his history as a model. Each of them reveal much more than expected and confront some of their most deeply hidden secrets.
A documentary about the life and work of Karen Carpenter, her perfectionism and the eating disorder which eventually killed her.
The serpent's call Composer Stephen Lukach on creating tension and awe in Beware Boiúna
Care and community Mike Leigh and the Tender Loving Care cast on humanity and looking out for one another
The aftermath Jorge Thielen Armand on returning to Venezuela to make Death Has No Master
Making magic Gregg Bishop on witches, inspiring actors, instinctive filmmaking and The Heretiks
The road to The Guests Cristina Diz and Stefan Butzmühlen on working together on their latest film
Beyond Saturn Tina Gharavi, Tala Calil and Assaad Bouab on Shadows Of Beirut
Puppy love Brad Pitt on the 'moving' Heart Of The Beast shoot thanks to furry co-star Odin
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